Dancers perform during a political-cultural event in the framework of the recent commemoration of the International Dance Day in the facilities of the Philosophy faculty of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, for its acronym in Spanish), in Mexico City, Mexico, on May 7, 2014. Source: Xinhua | 2014/5/8 15:46:46

Dancers perform in "Ballet Revolution" at the Old Opera House in Frankfurt, Germany, on April 22, 2014. From December 2013 to August 2014, the Cuban dancers tour with the second and most exciting version of "Ballet Revolution" in Europe, featuring new choreography, production design and hits by Bruno Mars, Rhianna, David Guetta, Beyonce and Usher. Source: Xinhua | 2014/4/23 16:13:58

Dancers take part in a carnival dancing show on the street in Istanbul, Turkey, on April 4, 2014. The 3rd Istanbul International Dance Festival kicked off here on Friday. Nearly 3500 dancers from 70 countries and areas participanted in this pageant. Source: Xinhua | 2014/4/5 11:27:51

Dancers from Bhopal perform the Odissi, one of the most well known classical dance forms of india, during the Ananya Dance Festival 2013 in New Delhi, capital of India, October 4, 2013. The Odissi originates in eastern India. Source: Xinhua | 2013/10/6 11:47:11

As part of the 15th China Shanghai International Arts Festival, Beijing-based choreographer Zhao Xiaogang's latest dance work, Fat Tang & Thin Song, will be staged at the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center on October 19 and 20. It would be incorrect to assume that the performers themselves demonstrate the contrasting physical characteristics of the title. Source: Global Times | 2013/10/17 18:33:01

Seven years ago when the film The Banquet by Chinese director Feng Xiaogang premiered, its dazzling orchestral score and visual effects impressed moviegoers across the world, especially where Qingnü dances to "Yuerenge" - a love song from the Han Dynasty (206BC-AD220) - for her lover, Prince Wuluan, pushing the film to its climax. Source: Global Times | 2013/11/28 17:43:01

Early in 1995, when Zheng Huihui, a professor of dance at Shanghai Normal University, was studying dance at Université Paris 8 as a visiting scholar, one of her French friends asked her about something perplexing that she saw while visiting Zheng's hometown of Shanghai. Source: Global Times | 2014/1/6 19:13:01

Chinese audience are not unfamiliar with the 120-strong Turkish dance troupe Anadolu Atei, or Fire of Anatolia. Last year, they performed on CCTV's New Year's Gala. Now they are touring 17 cities in China including Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Guangzhou. On January 19, Mustafa Erdoan, the general director of Fire of Anatolia, led his troupe to the Shanghai Grand Stage, bringing a bustling and lively dance feast to local audiences. Source: Global Times | 2014/1/21 17:43:01

A Chinese dancer living in Britain has revived a 2,000-year-old traditional dance as a centrepiece of a feast of entertainment to welcome the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Horse.
Source: Xinhua | 2014/1/28 11:17:35